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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aHerbert, Frank,
_d1920-1986
245 1 0 _aTry to remember!
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from Amazing Stories October 1961.
500 _aRelease date is 2024-05-10
508 _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Try to remember!" by Frank Herbert is a science fiction short story written in the early 1960s. The narrative unfolds in a tense atmosphere where humanity faces a dire threat from a galactic invader that demands effective communication or else face destruction. The plot centers on Francine Millar, a psychologist tasked with deciphering the language of the alien visitors while grappling with her own personal grief and the growing desperation of humanity in the wake of the alien ultimatum. As the story progresses, the tension among the team's linguists and psychologists intensifies as they struggle to communicate with the green-skinned aliens, who possess unique forms of language that blur the lines between verbal and non-verbal communication. Through symbolic gestures and primitive dances, Francine discovers profound truths about the nature of language and emotional expression, ultimately leading her to an epiphany that resonates with the scattered fragments of humanity's linguistic heritage. In a climactic moment, she confronts the alien representatives, emphasizing the need for genuine understanding over hollow words, which culminates in a poignant resolution that hints at a new era of communication and human evolution. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew York, NY: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1961
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aHuman-alien encounters -- Fiction
653 _aCommunication -- Fiction
653 _aPsychologists -- Fiction
653 _aEarth (Planet) -- Fiction
700 1 _aFinlay, Virgil,
_d1914-1971
830 0 _aProduced from Amazing Stories October 1961.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73595
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